A number of apps can help a user extend the battery life of a mobile device, in part by providing information about its other apps and functions. more
A new study may have found exoplanets that are warmer and waterier than our own. more
BREAKING NEWS - The story you are about to read is of Jay Harman’s Lily Impeller. It is a pump rotor in the shape of a lily, a revolutionary model nowadays used to propel boats, stir water and cool computers. There are only three original Lily Impellers in the world. more
A new study shores up the idea that ‘yawn contagion’ can leap the species barrier, but the science remains unsettled. more
Next month, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers will run the largest, most complex universe simulation ever attempted. more
Is the future of work for African start-ups in the hands of technology hubs and co-working spaces? The BBC’s Fiona Graham visited Uganda to find out. more
Trying to remote control a rover to capture one of Mars’s two moons during an eclipse requires very precise timing. more
An Australian entrepreneur has developed a reimagined light bulb that can last for 25 years and be controlled by smartphone – and in two days he’s raised more than $600,000 on crowd-funding website Kickstarter to make it come to life. more
The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, had a question: What are the most meaningful innovations in humanity’s culinary history? more
The emoticon, used to illustrate an emotion using an icon, celebrates its 30th birthday this month. Test your knowledge in our interactive quiz. more
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The United States presidential elections are tomorrow. more
